WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for April, 1998: Re: Are Episiotomies necesary in First Births?

Re: Are Episiotomies necesary in First Births?

From: baloo (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 30 Apr 1998 13:01:12 -0700

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Hi Lisa!

How wonderful for you to have such a great birth! I agree with you that much of our birth experience can and does have to do with where our head is at when we start labor, however, there is something to be said for the way women are built. No two women are built the same, their pelvic symetry <sp> is different. So I think it may be unfair to make a blanket statement saying "I think a lot of the 'agony' of childbirth is in your head! " That would be like saying, PMS, cramps, and such are all in your head, when really they aren't. Babies that are OP and not AP are much harder to deliver, this has been proven. I am all for unmedicated, natural childbirth, but I am firm believer that labor is called labor for a reason. I just don't want any woman on this list or anywhere else to think or feel that they don't meausure up because they don't have a short labor or delivery, or they end up tearing, or having an episitomy, or perhaps even an epidrual.

Everyone is just different:)

Marna Engel Doula/SN

Lisa wrote:

> I have to say no they are not, as I just deliverred my first baby
> without any tearing and no episiotomy. I did Kegels during my
> pregnancy, not as often as they recommended but as often as I thought
> about it, maybe a couple of times a day.
> Also, during the pushing phase I built up to it slowly, and though it
> took a bit longer to push the baby out, I believe it helped stretch the
> area enough. I think the doctor has a lot to do with it as well. Mine
> kept helping stretch the area very gently with each contraction and
> push, so gently I never felt a thing, and I didn't have any epidural or
> pain medication. I think a lot of the 'agony' of childbirth is in your
> head! I said all along I would have a short painfree labour, and that's
> exactly what I had. Four hours, no drugs, no cuts, no tears. Good
> luck!

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